Astrid Stavro curates poster campaign for the Laus Awards
46 designers from Vince Frost to Matt Willey and Dean Poole have created posters for a new campaign promoting Spanish design and advertising competition the Laus Awards.
46 designers from Vince Frost to Matt Willey and Dean Poole have created posters for a new campaign promoting Spanish design and advertising competition the Laus Awards.
Make-up artist and illustrator Isamaya Ffrench is one of the most sought after creatives in fashion. In this extract from issue five of Riposte magazine, Liv Siddall talks to Ffrench about using make-up to tell a story, collaborating with designers on couture shows and using Instagram to document her creative experiments
Well done, you’ve made it to the end of the first working week of 2016. Time to book a holiday? Lots of travel firms think so – here’s our review of the crop of holiday ads that have been hitting our screens of late.
We take a look at McDonald’s new packaging approach and why it’s significant
Listings website Gumtree has launched a new visual identity designed by London studio Koto, which sees its original logo replaced with a simplified tree mark. Koto founder James Greenfield talks us through the process
In giving voice to women drummers and guitarists, US magazines Tom Tom and She Shreds are radically reshaping the music industry on more inclusive lines. Here the founders discuss the importance of role models, taking on sexism and rewriting music history, and how establishing themselves in print is just one aspect of a much wider movement
Free pitching, over-supply and increased competition are all contributing to a growing sense of crisis in the world of composing music for advertising. MassiveMusic managing director (and acting chair of The Society of Producers and Composers In Applied Music) Paul Reynolds offers some suggestions for the restoration of harmony in the business.
Andreas Neophytou’s clever take on the flexible identity system for Sweetdram combines references to historical research, the process of distilling and new ideas around ‘gypsy’ or ‘viral’ drinks brands
Cleaning product brand Cillit Bang channels Flashdance – yep, Flashdance – in its first global ad campaign, from BETC Paris.
Creative agency Sunshine has been working with the literary estate of Roald Dahl since 2014 to devise a new visual identity for his work and associated products. With the new branding set to roll out in 30 markets this year, we take a look at what’s been produced so far, from books to a website and stationery that doubles as paper planes
A moving new photobook from Elin Høyland captures the now solitary life of Edvard Bjedlland, living in a remote part of the south-west coast of Norway
Fargo is a rare example of a classic film that has been turned into an equally classy TV series. We talk to Jeff Russo about the music he has composed for the TV version, and how he works with creator Noah Hawley.